Feb 05, 2025

Join us for a captivating look at how Texas's unique landscape shaped modern architecture. Event Details Take a mid-day break with our free High Noon Talks! Discover interesting, and often untold, stories of Texas at our casual lunchtime series. Dive into key architectural works, the challenges of designing for extreme climates, and balancing innovation and tradition in Texas's most iconic structures with the authors of Home, Heat, Money, and God: Texas and Modern Architecture. From sweltering heat to the oil-driven economy, architect Ben Koush and professor and architectural historian Kathryn O’Rourke unravel the complexities behind Texas's built environment. The book conveys the breadth and diversity of the state’s outstanding body of modern architecture, built as Texas became a major force in national politics and an economic powerhouse. The book is thematically organized on social history and includes more than 250 of Koush’s photographs. Koush and O'Rourke will examine major works of architecture and ways that historic preservation, Texas’s rich legacy of architectural photography, and an imperative to write an inclusive, accessible work of architectural history defined the project. Authors Ben Koush and Kathryn O'Rourke will be available to sign copies of the book, which can be purchased on site, after the High Noon Talk from 1–1:30 p.m. This program is FREE to the public.
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1800 N Congress Ave
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 936-8746
Email: contactus@thestoryoftexas.com
Cost: FREE to the public
Attendance: 200
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm